Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

Thoughts While Running

7/1/2004
By: Holy Trinity Lutheran

As I start to write this it is actually the middle of June, we have these deadlines you know. This week has been a week of mourning for President Ronald Reagan, and was preceded by a weekend of remembrance of those brave men who were involved with D-Day so long ago.

As we come to the 228th celebration of our nation’s founding, I am struck by our need to remember. To remember the sacrifices made by thousands, to remember the promise of this land outlined so wonderfully by our fore-parents so long ago. I am also struck by the fact that we need to regularly rededicate ourselves to the principles by which we live. The need to follow and to move along in the pursuit of life for all people, liberty and freedom for all people, and the pursuit of happiness, is paramount in our definition of who we are.

To accomplish this we must always remind ourselves that we have this freedom, but with every freedom comes a corresponding responsibility. It might mean serving in the military or in a position in government. It might mean being diligent in our use of our vote or in helping to solve community problems. It might mean cooking a meal or washing the sheets for a homeless program and we could go on and on. But it does mean that we do not take for granted what we have, but we work to ever strengthen those principles.

We live in the most free, and prosperous country the world has ever known. Give thanks to God for that. But, I also know God asks much from those He has given much to. I believe that would be the United States of America. May God help us to fulfill the dream of those who begin this noble adventure so long ago.

Come celebrate our independence on July 4th, and later in the month join us for an old fashion Ice Cream Social.

See you in church, Pastor Frank.